Go and Come Back Summary

"Go and Come Back" is a Young Adult novel by Joan Abelove. The novel is narrated by a young Isabo girl named Alicia, who lives in a small village in the Amazon jungle of Peru. Two anthropologists - who are called the "old white ladies" even though they are only in their late 20s - come to the village to study the Isabo. During their year in the village, they learn...

Go and Come Back Study Guide

Joan Abelove Biographies (1)

An encounter experienced over two decades before in the jungles of Peru would serve as the foundation for Joan Abelove's first work of fiction. The author of Go and Come Back, an award-winning novel a...
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